This is an analysis of the poem To The Wood-Lark that begins with:

O stay, sweet warbling wood-lark, stay,
Nor quit for me the trembling spray,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaab cccb dddX eeeX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 111100111 111101001 01010111 1101010 01011101 11111101 11011101 1111010 11110101 11110101 11111101 1111110 11110101 11011101 11011111 1111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 142
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; that is repeated.

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